For almost a decade I have found myself drawn to the intimate, tactile, and symbolic qualities of used books. I am interested in how these recycled books come with their own histories of use and meaning and how they serve as potent vehicles of expression. With the idea of working with them as my canvas or building block, I transform the books into sculptures that explore and redefine the book as familiar object, medium, and archetypal form. By scrambling the formal arrangement of the book and transposing its material and conceptual qualities, I aim to create evocative art forms that suggest an alternative narrative.

Frann Preston-GannonIllustrationen von Frann Preston-Gannon aus ihrem Buch The Journey Home.
Her first picturebook, The Journey Home, was published in October 2012 and has been shortlisted for both the Waterstones Children’s prize and the Cambridgeshire ‘Read it Again’ book Prize. It has also received shortlists on the Junior Magazine for ‘Best Picture Book’ and ‘New Talent’. Her